Several metro drivers told KIRO 7 they’ve been overcome by fentanyl fumes. Some reported dizziness, headaches and impairment, and had to be taken off from their bus route to the emergency room.
Jim Ferrell, the mayor of Federal Way, and a former King County prosecuting attorney who’s now running to become King County’s next prosecutor, drafted aspecifically banning smoking fentanyl or other opioids on public buses, trains and other confined public spaces in Federal Way. Ferrell told KIRO 7 the ordinance was a direct response to the investigation aired in February. It’s the only ordinance of its kind anywhere in the state, and it passed the City Council on Tuesday, May 3, unanimously.
That is something law enforcement in other parts of the county has been criticized for not making a priority. The new ordinance makes the “reckless use of fentanyl in enclosed public spaces” a gross misdemeanor, which is now punishable by up to 364 days in jail, a $5,000 fine or both.
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